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Wow the gaps between the platform and the train are the largest that I have seen so far...

The station is on a curve, so it's quite hard to build the platforms to tightly wrap around the train set. In fact, one of the subway stations in New York actually has a movable plate that extends out when the train stops so people won't fall into the gap.

Imagine if you accidently stepped into the gap... Ouch!

You could probably easily twist an ankle or leg or something.

I twisted my ankle with the platform gap on the LRT in Hong Kong.
London and Paris have some really curved stations, and many of them have low platforms so you have to step UP onto the train, not to mention the huge gap.

Sorry, that's quite old Line

they LOOK old.. how much are the fares?

The subways in Tokyo and Seoul look old by today's standards. But back in the 1980s I would have considered them space age cause that's how people pictured subways to look like in 2020.

omg... my first ever thread, the korean train thread... has... been... deleted....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

How was it deleted? Why was it deleted?

By the way are you South Korean?

in blood yes. old threads are deleted every so and then. i guess mine was considered "old." i will post the things once again if i find some time :)

they LOOK old.. how much are the fares?

If I'm right, it usually ranges from $0.70 to $1.00.

If I'm right, it usually ranges from $0.70 to $1.00.

Before the price went up in the Summer, it was around 50 cents CDN.

I'd like to go to Seoul one of these days. :)

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You can see a huge difference between line number 3 (the orange one) and line number 6 (brown or tan or whatever). There are a lot of very cool expansions to the subway being built at the moment.

Which station was the last picture in the first post taken in? Off the top of my head I would've guessed Singeumho but that's obviously not the right line.

^ Chungmuro.

The subways in Tokyo and Seoul look old by today's standards. But back in the 1980s I would have considered them space age cause that's how people pictured subways to look like in 2020.

Actually Seoul government can redesign their subway interior, but still keep the main structure. Like change the floor tile, wall panels, lights, etc. So the subway station will always look new and fresh.

The subways in Tokyo and Seoul look old by today's standards. But back in the 1980s I would have considered them space age cause that's how people pictured subways to look like in 2020.

Hmm, I live in New York and it certainly is far less superior than Seoul's and Tokyo's subways. Seoul's subway system is efficient, on time, cheap, clean, clearly marked signs with voice announcements, and user-friendly while New York's is unpredictable, no AC in Subway station itself, confusing, unsanitary, and sometimes you need to look outside to see what station you have arrived in since some cars don't tell you which station they are stopping on. The only decent thing about NY subway is that it operates 24 hours, other than that, before my morning subway ride to work, I am always greeted with rabbit-sizes rats on the bottom of the platforms :lol: That certainly does not happen in Seoul. Don't get my wrong, I was a Seoulite and now I am a New Yorker

the Seoul Subway is really tourist friendly, back when i couldn't speak a word of Korean aside from a few phrases, i managed to use it without encountering any problem :okay:

wow

Is it true that Sinchon branch of line 1 is over 100 miles long?

Just a cool little video I found about the Seoul Subway :)

Please Note: Be sure to click the little YouTube emblem in the bottom right hand corner if you want to watch it in HD on YouTube

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New Line 1 train it seems?

Homeplus in the subway.

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http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37966/?mod=chfeatured&a=f

Virtual Grocery Shopping

International supermarket giant brings virtual goods to subway commuters in South Korea, eliminating the need for a physical store.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011
By Kristina Bjoran

Where the rest of us see subway walls, Tesco's South Korean supermarket chain Home Plus sees grocery shelves. In a trial run, Home Plus has plastered a subway station with facsimiles of groceries, labeled with a unique code for each product. As commuters pass by on their way to work, they can use a mobile-phone app to take pictures of the products they want, then check out. The groceries are automatically delivered to their doorstep by the end of the work day.

The virtual grocery store has been a hit among more 10,000 customers, with Home Plus reporting a 130 percent increase in online sales. The experiment is just one of the increasingly innovative ways mobile devices are being used in retail. Location-based smart-phone advertising is seen as a potentially valuable way to reach new customers. Some companies in the United States are also using indoor positioning technology as a way to guide shoppers to products and show them special offers. And software makers are exploring different ways of paying for products by smart phone.

In Home Plus's virtual store, each image of a grocery item is accompanied by a quick-response (QR) code, a boxy geometric image that encodes data—the product and its price. When each code is scanned, the item goes into an online shopping cart. Customers then use their phones to pay before hopping the train to work.

People have long been able to scan QR codes with their smart-phone cameras to access whatever information the code holds. And online grocery shopping has been around even longer. Still, the grocery industry has seen little technological innovation since the implementation of the universal product code (UPC) bar code in the 1970s. As of 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that just 0.2 percent of the food and beverage industry's sales were made online. This new strategy could allow retailers to target highly specific audiences. The success of Home Plus's project may prompt other retailers to think about new approaches to shopping that could cut overhead expenses.

Whether or not virtual markets catch on, some experts think radical changes in shopping are right around the corner. "For sure, your cell phone will be the graphical user interface to the shopping services," says Abel Sanchez, research lead at MIT's Intelligent Engineering Systems Laboratory. "Think of the early days of the Web versus today. In the early 1990s, the Web was one way, like a paper book. Today, the Web is full of interaction; it's how we do our jobs. I think the supermarket will go through a similar transformation."

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New Line 1 train it seems?

Honestly, I don't see how this kind of layout can be practical. I'd like to see how the train is during rush hours. The free WiFi thing could be useful though, assuming it's safe.